Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Activities to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with your Children!


Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with your kids this year on Monday, January 21, 2014.   It is a time to for our nation to remember the injustices that Dr, King fought.

"The national holiday honoring Dr. King is an occasion for joy and celebration for his life and his work toward nonviolent social change in America and the world. Traditionally, we celebrate holidays with parties, family picnics, fireworks, a trip back home or to the seashore. However, we must also be mindful that this is a special holiday - one which symbolizes our nation's commitment to peace through justice; to universal brother- and sisterhood; and to the noblest ideal of all: a democratic society based on the principles of freedom, justice and equality for all people. Whether you celebrate Dr. King's birthday on January 15th or during Black History Month, the holiday is an occasion for thanksgiving, unselfishness, and rededicating ourselves to the causes for which he stood and for which he died." - See more at: http://www.mlkonline.net/holiday.html#sthash.Cbpb7fQL.dpuf

"The national holiday honoring Dr. King is an occasion for joy and celebration for his life and his work toward nonviolent social change in America and the world. Traditionally, we celebrate holidays with parties, family picnics, fireworks, a trip back home or to the seashore. However, we must also be mindful that this is a special holiday - one which symbolizes our nation's commitment to peace through justice; to universal brother- and sisterhood; and to the noblest ideal of all: a democratic society based on the principles of freedom, justice and equality for all people. Whether you celebrate Dr. King's birthday on January 15th or during Black History Month, the holiday is an occasion for thanksgiving, unselfishness, and rededicating ourselves to the causes for which he stood and for which he died." - See more at: http://www.mlkonline.net/holiday.html#sthash.Cbpb7fQL.dpuf
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Free MLK Jr. Poster Activity




This teacher offers a whole bunch of freebies on her TPT page




I love how this blogger shares photos and memories of MLK Jr with his children


Help your kids get to know MLK Jr with this story of MLK Jr with comprehension questions



Create a Mini Book about MLK Jr.




This blogger compiled books and videos to use to teach your children about MLK Jr.  Her post is a MUST SEE




This teacher offers this FREE printable on her blog



http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/23747/what-is-diversity
Teach your children about diversity with this super easy demonstration
 


This is one of the four posters offered as a FREEBIE on this site.  Print them out and hang them up at home or in your classroom!



This blogger posted pictures of all the MLK Jr activities that she did with her class last year.   She has them available for purchase in her TPT store.



MLK Jr Color By Number free printable sheet




Create a Peace Wall in your home



Continue the conversation about peace with your children during lunch




A picture can say a thousand words




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2013: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

One of the benefits of blogging for me is that I can look back at old blog posts and see where my life was a week, month or year ago.   When I look at where I was at the end of 2012, I see that I am in a much different place now.   2012 was the year of the good, the bad and the ugly.  2013 was very different,  the year of many changes.  




1. Aaron lost his job at the end of 2012 and in January of 2013 he got a new job. 

2. I went from being a cancer patient to being cancer free!

3. I went back to teaching after spending three years home with the babies. 

4. My kids grew a lot!  I know- they do that.  It just seems like such a difference from last year. 



It was a really good year and our family has much to be grateful for.  I look forward to seeing what the Lord has planned for us in 2014!
 

Christmas House Tour (busy mom style)



Have you seen the blogs that joined the Christmas House Tour movement?  These bloggers post tours of the Christmas decorations in their homes.  If you haven't seen one of these posts, you can check one out at at my sister in law Hilary's blog.   Most of these bloggers, like my sister in law, are people who have an eye for design & decor and have a knack for DIY.  

Their homes are gorgeous and can sometimes make a regular homeowner like myself feel a bit inadequate.  So if you are feeling  abit overwhelmed too, I will make you feel a little better about yourselves.  I am posting a tour of my Christmas decor.  

Some homes have a "theme."  My theme this year is "child friendly."  With three small kids, all of my decor has to be either child friendly or edible.



 These are Nativity scene magnets on the inside of the front door.



We decided to skip the full sized tree this year and go with a smaller tree that fits on the dining room table.  This stops the two littlest Delmantos from messing with the ornaments.  The table is in the front window so the tree can also be seen from the street and gives the appearance of a full sized tree.


Advent Calendar hanging on the hall closet door.


We hang our Christmas cards on the kitchen cabinets. 



I love to use artwork made by the kids as Christmas decor.  Sydney made this 5 years ago and I hang it up every year in the front hallway.


I have an 8x10 portrait of each child hanging in the hallway downstairs.  We made Christmas lights to hang under each of their pictures.



We each have a matching stocking hanging on the staircase.



Sydney loves to create decor to hang on the walls.


 Did you decorate for Christmas?   Do you have an eye for design?  Share a link to your blog if you blogged about your house this Christmas!

Ideas for Father's Day

 
 
 
  I have put together a post of my favorite Father's Day Ideas from Pinterest.  They are all free or really inexpensive and are easy to put together at the last minute!
 
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Hand Print Art for Father's Day from Tres French Hens
 
 


Free Father's Day Printables from The 36th Avenue
 
 
Free Printable Father's Day Star Wars Kit from Sandy Toes & Popsicles
 
 
 
Print these fun props to stage your own photo shoot from Paper Coterie
 
 
 
Free Root Beer printables from Nothing But Country
 
 
 
 
 
Free Printable from Lizzy Jane Baby
 
 
 
Room Service Printables from Seven Thirty Three
 
 
 
 
Tool Box Card from Brilliant Beginnings Preschool
 
 
 
 
Handprint Father's Day Craft from La-La's Home Daycare
 
 
 
 
Interview your child about Dad from Pink Peppermint Blogger
 
 
Interview your child about Grandpa from Persnickety Prints
 
 
Free Printable to turn an ordinary gift into a fun one from Hello Lucky
 
 
Father's Day Coupon Book from the Tip Junkie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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